Revelation 9:10
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.

Young's Literal Translation
and they have tails like to scorpions, and stings were in their tails; and their authority [is] to injure men five months;

King James Bible
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power [was] to hurt men five months.

Greek
They had
ἔχουσιν (echousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

tails
οὐρὰς (ouras)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3769: A tail. Apparently a primary word; a tail.

with
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

stingers
κέντρα (kentra)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 2759: A sting, goad; met: of death. From kenteo; a point, i.e. A sting or goad.

like
ὁμοίας (homoias)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3664: Like, similar to, resembling, of equal rank. From the base of homou; similar.

scorpions,
σκορπίοις (skorpiois)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4651: A scorpion. Probably from an obsolete skerpo; a 'scorpion'.

[which]
οὐραῖς (ourais)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3769: A tail. Apparently a primary word; a tail.

had
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

power
ἐξουσία (exousia)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1849: From exesti; privilege, i.e. force, capacity, competency, freedom, or mastery, delegated influence.

to injure
ἀδικῆσαι (adikēsai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 91: To act unjustly towards, injure, harm. From adikos; to be unjust, i.e. do wrong.

people
ἀνθρώπους (anthrōpous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

for five
πέντε (pente)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4002: Five. A primary number; 'five'.

months.
μῆνας (mēnas)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3376: A (lunar) month. A primary word; a month.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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